Fire Lighter Factory North Sumatera

At least 30 people died in a fire at a lighter factory in Binjai district, Langkat regency.

the bodies of the victims, which included three children, were severely burned.

"No survivors have been found so far,".

The fire happened in Sambirejo village,

The village is an hour’s drive from Medan.

A local resident heard a blast coming from the factory

when he was walking to a nearby mosque for Friday prayers.

The BPBD is focusing on removing the bodies.

It will investigate the cause of fire and identify the owners of the factory.

Two ambulances are on standby at the site. 

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Twenty-seven adults and three children who died in a fire at a lighter factory

had apparently been unable to flee the blaze.

The police suspect they had been locked inside when the fire broke out at noon on Friday.

“All of the victims were trapped inside the factory.

There was no way out

and we suspect they were locked inside,”

The 30 bodies have been recovered from the site

and sent to the Hospital for autopsies.

Among the 30 casualties, three were children who had accompanied their mothers to work.

The police are investigating the cause of the deadly fire. 

A witness had heard a blast from the factory, followed by a blazing fire

that consumed the building.

Five fire trucks were deployed to extinguish the fire,

but as the factory was located on a narrow alley,

the firefighting efforts were hampered. 

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Fire engulfed a cigarette lighter factory in Sambirejo village, Langkat regency.

 

 

The fire left 30 people dead including five children.

 

Most of the victims were female factory workers.

 

They lived near the location.

 

Some of them have brought their children to work.

All the bodies were taken to the Hospital for autopsies.

 

Relatives have gathered at the factory to identify the victims.

 

one of the victims named, Yunita.had worked at the factory for several years.

 

She was burned to death along with her two daughters.

Another victim has been identified only as Desi.

 

He was reportedly died along with her two sons, their ages are not known. 

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Following a fire that killed 30 people at a cigarette lighter

Police have arrested the owner and manager.

The owner, Burhan, 37, and factory manager, Lisnawati, 37,

They have been named suspects of negligence.

They stand accused of failing to ensure the safety of the workers

who died in the blaze that broke out on Friday.

The two were detained with Binjai Police for questioning,

 they had been asked about the locked doors of the workshop during the fire.

the suspects had denied to police

that they had given an order to lock the doors during operational hours.

they did not know about the locked doors, (terkunci – dikunci)

saying the factory’s daily operation was monitored by a supervisor

who also died in the incident.

“We are still digging further into the information from the suspects.

It’s impossible that

they didn’t know about the daily operation of the factory, including the door-locking policy,”.

The two suspects could be subject to multiple charges under articles 359 and 360 of the Criminal Code on negligence causing injury or death.

“They could face more than five years of imprisonment.

Five children were among 30 people who died

as fire engulfed the home-based factory.

Most of the victims were female workers

who lived nearby and brought their children to work.

All bodies have been taken to Hospital for autopsy.

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A cigarette lighter factory fire left 19-year-old Riko Pradana and his younger brother without their mother.

 

Riko's father died three years ago in a motorcycle accident,

while his mother, Sumiasih, a 39-year-old factory worker, was among the 30 people who died in the blaze. 

 

Riko has yet to see her body

because it is still in the process of being identified at Hospital.

 

"It's been two days

and there is no sign that my mother's body has been identified,

even though all the victims' bodies have been found intact,"

 

his mother had worked at the factory for a long time.

 

"My mother never complained about working at the factory,

 

even though she only got piece-rate wages,".

 

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The disaster victim identification (DVI) team has successfully identified all the bodies

of the 30 victims of the cigarette lighter factory fire.

The team had identified seven bodies by Saturday evening

and identified the remaining 23 by Monday.

the bodies had been handed over to the victims' families for burial.

"The identification process has gone faster than our initial targets.

At first, we estimated that

it would take a week, but on the fourth day it was already completed,".

Thirty people, including five children, died in the fire which occurred on Friday afternoon. 

All the victims were brought to the Hospital for identification.

the Police could focus on the legal aspects of the case now

that the victim identification had been completed.

"Our focus is now on the law enforcement process with regard to the three suspects

that we have detained.

the suspects (reportedly the factory owner, manager and supervisor) were alleged to have been negligent in providing safe conditions for the factory workers.

"Because of this negligence,

the three suspects face a maximum of five years in prison,"

he said, adding that …

the police were also looking into the legality of the factory itself,

which is suspected of having operated without a permit.

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the owner of a lighter factory that burned down last week

he has locked the premises' doors to avoid tax officers and other agencies,

resulting in 25 adults and five children dying

as they could not escape the fire. 

“The owner locked the front door

to make it seem like no business activities were being conducted there

to trick tax officers or related agencies

because the factory did not have an operational permit,”

the factory workers usually used the back door to enter and exit the premises,

so that no one saw them going to work. 

Friday's fire originated at the back of the factor...